MTB: Gnarpoon #1
Part #1 of the Gnarpoon pictures, in polished aluminium finish.
Sadly it seems these pictures are as far as this bike will ever exist.
Please note that I wasn't a member of [the late] Sick Bicycle company.
Polished aluminium front triangle and bead blasted black anodised rear triangle.
You may find this bike has weird proportions if you're not familiar with recent mountain bike evolution. That's because these last years MTB has emancipated itself from its road bike ancestry.
The seat tube got steeper to put the rider's weight more in the middle and improves pedalling efficiency during climbing while the head tube got slacker and the wheelbase longer, which gives much more stability when descending at high speed.
The bottom bracket got a bit lowered to put the rider more "in" the bike than "on" the bike. Therefore this evolution got dubbed "longer, lower, slacker".
Such bikes are clearly more stable but some may find them less nimble.
And the usual exploded layout, this time with all the transmission parts and a chain guide. Part 2 coming soon...